I often don't feel like I'm not doing "enough" for our community, but then I realize that just being an out trans person right now is enough. I think about what could have been if I'd have had 1 transfemme in my life to show me what could be, and now how I'm already that person for the collection of eggs I've mysteriously collected. These numbers are really heartening and (I'll admit that I'm biased) align with my anecdotal evidence that there's a heck of a lot more of us out there. 💜
Another heads up about data: the U.S. Census Bureau Data on trans people comes from the PULSE surveys which were intended to study the impact of Covid on different groups. The US 2020 Census does not include questions which can be used to identify trans people.
I'm pretty sure that they've shown that one of the causes of being transgender or intersex is an abnormality in the hormonal surges during pregnancy. With the first surge affecting genital expression, and the second brain development. This would also affect identical twins, while not affecting fraternal twins. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21962724/
Hello! So! I love your blog but I am thrilled to report that you have the New Zealand stat wrong! that data was from a Household Economic Survey, which covers maybe 1% of all households, chosen at random. Our last actual census was 2018 and had serious issues around accessibility for marginalized groups, and the 2023 census that we hope has fixed those issues is being processed now. The 2023 census is also the first one to contain questions about gender identity, trans status, and sexuality, so a lot of LGBTQ+ people here are super excited for the results of that.
I often don't feel like I'm not doing "enough" for our community, but then I realize that just being an out trans person right now is enough. I think about what could have been if I'd have had 1 transfemme in my life to show me what could be, and now how I'm already that person for the collection of eggs I've mysteriously collected. These numbers are really heartening and (I'll admit that I'm biased) align with my anecdotal evidence that there's a heck of a lot more of us out there. 💜
Another heads up about data: the U.S. Census Bureau Data on trans people comes from the PULSE surveys which were intended to study the impact of Covid on different groups. The US 2020 Census does not include questions which can be used to identify trans people.
I'm pretty sure that they've shown that one of the causes of being transgender or intersex is an abnormality in the hormonal surges during pregnancy. With the first surge affecting genital expression, and the second brain development. This would also affect identical twins, while not affecting fraternal twins. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21962724/
Hello! So! I love your blog but I am thrilled to report that you have the New Zealand stat wrong! that data was from a Household Economic Survey, which covers maybe 1% of all households, chosen at random. Our last actual census was 2018 and had serious issues around accessibility for marginalized groups, and the 2023 census that we hope has fixed those issues is being processed now. The 2023 census is also the first one to contain questions about gender identity, trans status, and sexuality, so a lot of LGBTQ+ people here are super excited for the results of that.